u/Tractor499

Would make a lot of sense honestly, seems like he's always trying to impress other guys, plus he's also sizing them up all the time

just wanted to get this take out there

I would say it was the Hornets for awhile, but they now have a pretty bright future with Kon, Lamelo, and what seems like a good coach and should be a playoff team next year. You also have consistently bad teams like Washington, Utah, and Memphis getting top 3 picks and a new player to build around which at the very least creates optimism for now. The kings might be worse at the moment but they at least have their draft pick this year. Pelicans are now stuck with no pick, their best player is never healthy, they lose every trade they make, they're paying dejounte murray and jordan poole 30+ million each this next season, and Joe Dumars is their GM. And Since 2008, they have won 1 playoff series and zero 50 win seasons! I don't see the franchise ever getting their shit together, every single year they fuck up

He makes a lot of prominent shows that get a lot of viewership and feature big names, and while some are entertaining and decent the vast majority of his recent work is dumb content for dumb people. He's obviously got a good formula and knows how to keep certain demographics hooked on his slop, but hes pretty much turned into Tyler Perry for white guys. Good enough to keep getting more shows made, but he's like when a player gets a massive contract from a team only to be highly paid for years while never sniffing the playoffs. Just a bummer to see because he obviously has the talent to make elite films like Wind River and Hell or high water.

Their starting 5 are all Millenials except OG who is barely Gen Z, and even including their bench guys, they were all still born before 2000 except for Deuce McBride. There was a post on this sub this week about how Gen Z athletes are boring, which doesn't apply to all of them obviously but there does seem to be a big difference in how much emotion and energy they give off compared to earlier players. Last year, OKC celebrated winning the title like they just won a 5 game 2nd round series, where NY's seemed so much more authentic and emotional for the players.

Moving forward, I think there's some truth to how athletes will be so much more robotic and seen as boring. I wouldn't apply this to foreign players though, Wemby's reaction to winning the WCF was also great to see.

Great addition to the ringer. The millenial jon stewart is off to a good start. Also I'm gay

More of a "365 days from Hell'' since their bad luck started in G7 of the last finals, but in the last year they've now had the following:

-Haliburton torn Achilles in game 7

-Lose Game 7

-Myles Turner leaves in Free Agency, leaving the team without a center

-More injuries pile up during the season and they decide to tank and finish 19-63, worst in team history. o/u was 38 wins so they weren't even expected to be bad.

-They make a huge gamble by trading their top 4 protected pick, lands just outside that at number 5, lose the pick and all they have to show for their tank is Ivica Zubac.

-League takes notice of tanking, and sets new rules moving forward to prevent them from tanking again.

-East appears to be pretty wide open, with the top 2 seeds showing early on in the playoffs that they aren't tough to beat.

-ECF is Cavs/Knicks, two teams you beat pretty convincingly in last years playoffs.

-The team you eliminated in the last 2 playoffs goes onto the finals and wins the championship on a historically dominant run.

I honestly can't think of a team who has had this many things go against them in one year.

Everything about it is so gross, from the aesthetics to the actual people there. Why are we catering to the worst and ugliest dregs of society?